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hjkl are the minimum keys needed to be able to move anywhere in vi[m], they're certainly not pointless.

• systoll 9y ago
  Vim supports the cursor keys, even in insert mode. Assuming the new Vim user already knows how those work, telling them that they instead need to go `Esc -> hjkl -> i` and ending things there... that's going to leave them worse off in Vim than saying nothing.